Bossware pre-dates the current AI bubble, but AI mania has supercharged it. AI pumpers insist that AI can do things it *positively cannot do* - rolling out an "autonomous robot" that turns out to be a guy in a robot suit, say - and rich people are groomed to buy the services of "AI-powered" bossware:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/29/pay-no-attention/#to-the-little-man-behind-the-curtain
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